The
Child Survival and Collaborations Resources Group (CORE)
Background
LLLI entered
the "world" of child survival (CS) in 1988 with United
States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded CS
Projects in Guatemala and Honduras, which ended in 1992. Since
1989, LLLI has attended various child survival workshops, which
were implemented at first by the Child Survival Support Project
(CSSP) funded by USAID and directed to Private Voluntary Organization
(PVO) headquarters managers of CS projects. At the 1998 CS workshop,
the idea of establishing a consortium of PVOs working in child
survival was introduced, denominated CORE and after 4 years, CORE
has now received its 501( C ) 3 status. CORE has also taken over
the planning and implementation of the annual workshops. Currently,
membership in CORE is restricted to PVOs (35) who have applied,
have had or are implementing child survival projects. A Board
elected by the membership governs CORE and a small staff headed
by an executive director support its activities. CORE activities
are implemented through seven working groups (HIV/AIDS, Integrated
Management of Childhood Illness, Malaria, Monitoring and Evaluation,
Nutrition, Social Behavior Change, and Safe Motherhood/Reproductive
Health). CORE member PVO staff plans and carries out the activities
of the various working groups.
Annual CORE Group Spring Membership Meeting
LLLI,
as a member of CORE , attended the annual CORE membership meeting,
April 22-26, 2002. The 2002 meeting was hosted by Project HOPE,
a CORE member PVO headquartered outside of Millwood, Virginia
USA. Approximately 120 persons attended the meeting. LLLI representatives,
Rebecca Magalhães and Natalia Smith, participated actively
in the meeting, providing input and comments relative to breastfeeding
and LLLI and making written materials on breastfeeding and LLLI
available to the meeting participants. As a member of the CORE
Nutrition working group (NWG), Rebecca attended all its sessions
and provided input to its annual work plan (2002-03), while Natalia
joined the Safe Motherhood/Reproductive Health working group.
Rebecca and Natalia met with staff from the PVO "Foundation
of Compassionate American Samaritans - FOCAS" to continue
discussions on a FOCAS/LLLI collaborative activity to support
breastfeeding and establish mother-to-mother support groups in
FOCAS child survival communities in Haiti. During the week, they
also had the opportunity to discuss and explore funding sources
that would allow for a position at LLLI to address the issue of
breastfeeding a nd HIV/AIDS.
If you
would like a copy of the Trip Report, please contact Rebecca Magalhães
at RMagalhaes at llli.org.
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